We're losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought(npr.org)

78 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 20 comments

An e-waste dumping ground(npr.org)

376 points by andsoitis 2 years ago | 258 comments

NPR Goats and Soda photo story about a vast e-waste dumping ground in Ghana and the people who make a living salvaging electronics there.

A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial(npr.org)

22 points by yakito 2 years ago | 1 comments

The dream of polio eradication might need a rethink(npr.org)

27 points by lxm 3 years ago | 39 comments

A measles vaccine painlessly delivered via sticker shows promising early results(npr.org)

116 points by _Microft 3 years ago | 40 comments

The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com(npr.org)

25 points by danso 1 year ago | 35 comments

Lead poisoning causes more death, IQ loss than thought: study(medicalxpress.com)

416 points by wglb 3 years ago | 399 comments

Medical Xpress news article on a study finding lead poisoning causes far more deaths and IQ loss worldwide than previously estimated.

Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh(stanmed.stanford.edu)

370 points by coopernewby 3 years ago | 171 comments

Stanford Medicine Magazine article on how Stanford researchers traced lead poisoning in Bangladesh to lead chromate added to turmeric by spice sellers.

FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review(theguardian.com)

118 points by NewJazz 16 days ago | 59 comments

Guardian analysis on an FDA proposal to expand a loophole letting some toxic, non-carcinogenic chemicals be added to food without safety review.

EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices(foodwatch.org)

489 points by john-titor 4 months ago | 267 comments

Foodwatch news article reporting that pesticides banned in the EU were found in rice, tea and spices sold to consumers.

What's happening inside the NIH and NSF(science.org)

861 points by rrock 1 year ago | 1303 comments

Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog post on Science.org about current events and turmoil inside the NIH and NSF, dated February 4, 2025.

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform(github.com)

592 points by doener 3 months ago | 274 comments

GitHub repository for PeerTube, an AGPL-licensed ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform that uses P2P delivery in the browser.